I’m sure you are as familiar with the book of Haggai as I was about 15 minutes ago. We don’t really pay a lot of attention to these Minor Prophets. However, they bring immense encouragement for common people who aspire to do great things. Haggai convicted the Hebrew people for stealing what belonged to God. They had used their resources and profits for building elaborate homes for themselves, rather than rebuilding the desolate temple of God. Because of their disobedience, their economy was significantly afflicted,…Continue Reading “Stolen Treasures”
My interpretation of the first few chapters of Proverbs… Rust cultivates your eyes, Blinders incarcerate. As a bat in a squall, Calamity pursues your course. Would you know His voice if He spoke aloud? Is His wisdom familiar to your ears? Arrogance invites herself in, And you, the fine host, Subdued by her appeal, Open the doors wide. How long will she remain sober? Who will tame her drunken blasphemy? Pride chills your strength Contempt not of folly, But of understanding; And so, death’s shade…Continue Reading “Wisdom”
All I ever hope to achieve in these little blogs is to shed a morsel of truth and encouragement to even just one person. That being said, one issue has been revolving around my head for the past couple weeks – something which has pushed a lot of people away from being a part of church, myself included. This is an issue not easily discussed. In fact, I’ve probably put off writing about it for a while. A lot of people who have a long…Continue Reading “Speaking in Tongues”
Man. I am a fairly patient person. But some things just bug me, ya know? There are some things which I absolutely can’t stand… things that cause me to not want anything to do with an individual, especially if they are supposed to be someone who I consider a friend of sorts. I’ll put up with slothfulness, conceitedness, ignorance, arrogance, little to no work ethic, differing worldviews… there are a lot of things I don’t mind, but there are just those select few things which…Continue Reading “What drives you nuts?”
Slumber dripsA waking giantSways over meA bit defiant Night fall risesThe moon-lit starsAnd dreams tarryAs far as Mars Much to doIn this foreign landEven starting overFrom last night’s stand Meaningless they areOn the breath of morningThe dull fog fadesAs life goes soaring It’s just the sameHeaven and EarthWe’re the wisp of fog,Between death and birth. So come now lieLet dreams ariseDeath and his friendsA dream defies So make it good,You’re only dreaming,It’s your waking momentWhich rises greatest meaning.
“Patience is a virtue,” I mindlessly uttered to one of my friends today. Ah, the dull cliche sound echoes my thoughts. It scrapes the chalkboards of my mind. I cringe. I so dislike these cliche phrases. They lack genuineness. I begin to think. The more I do, the thought becomes clear to me that virtues seem to be a foreign concept to our culture. It seems good to me that I ought to look into it and derive some sort of clear and valuable meaning…Continue Reading “Screeching Chalkboards”
The church is the bride of Christ. In a marriage, each spouse must be willing to make sacrifices to make the other partner happy…only, God has already made the greatest sacrifice. What have we done? I look across the world. I try to define Christian, but it is a convoluted term. I try to define salvation, but it seems only to be a mere marker for what is a glimpse of someone’s eternal life. I see 22 generic denominations just under Protestantism; and that doesn’t…Continue Reading “The Bride”
“What’s wrong wid yoo? Why are yas paranoid? Are yoo playin gaymes? I dun like when people play games. Do yoo know what I do ta @#$^!@ # who play games? I don’t mess ’round mayun. Go that way. That way. THAT. WAY. Cigarettes. CIGARETTES!” ————————————————————————————- This is a note that I wrote back in November of 2009. I hesitated to post it due to whether or not it posed any value, but after reading it today feel that it does possess a great message,…Continue Reading “Faith and Fear – An Encounter with Maurice”
What happens when you genuinely and wholeheartedly open yourself up to being used by God?He uses you.Crazy thought? I want to encourage you to be reminded of this. It’s not so crazy. This morning in church I had a revelation. I don’t know why it was so important to me, but the thought came to me, so I wrote it as a note in my phone, “You are more empowered than Satan would lead you to believe.” I guess I have really witnessed a lot…Continue Reading “This is what happens.”
I should be writing a critical review of Heaven Below, but I feel inclined otherwise. Time is often the most enslaving concept to our minds. We are fascinated with maximizing our time — whether that be in school, in work, or socially. We all want the most of our time. I feel that it is often too easy to negate our relationship with God in our attempts to manage our time. We might put school work first, then social life, then work… and then we…Continue Reading “Bipolar”